1.桂枝与芍药
1.Cassiatwigandpeony
桂枝主强心，温心阳，提供动力；芍药主外周循环，帮助祛除血液中的废物，同时还能滋敛阴血止痛。一个偏于气化，一个偏于形质。Osmanthusfragransstrengthenstheheart,warmstheheartandyang,andprovidespower;peonycontrolstheperipheralcirculation,helpsremovewasteintheblood,andatthesametimecannourishbloodandrelievepain.Oneisbiasedtowardsgasificationandtheotherisbiasedtowardsformandquality.
桂枝与芍药均可利水，但桂枝偏于从表解，芍药偏于从二便解。四逆散中的“悸”，在条文中可伴有小便不利或大便异常，乃外周水饮所致，用芍药将水湿从下而解。BothOsmanthusfragransandpeonycanbenefitwater,butOsmanthusfragranstendstosolvetheproblemfromthesurface,andthepeonytendstosolveitfromthesecondsolution.The"palpitations"inSiniSanmaybeac